Soap box



April 3, 1928.

l. P. CREAMER ET AL SOAP BOX Filed Oct. 18. 1926 amount 01,5

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICER ISAAC P. CREAMER AND FREDEBI ICK JOSEPH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOAP BOX.

Application filed October 18, 1926. Serial R0. 142,451.

The invention relates to soap boxes of the type used in connection with faucets and through which water passes to a soap compartment thereby soaping the water, and from which compartment the soapy water is discharged.

A further object is to connect the hinge leaf carried by the cover to the side of the body member at a point below the horizontal center of the body member whereby when said body member is in open position, it will incline outwardly to a posit on where it will not be engaged by water discharged from the faucet.

A further object is to prov de a perforated plate detachably mounted with1n the upper end of the body for holding the soap in the chamber of the body particularly when the body is in open position.

A. further object is to provide the upper end of the body member with an inwardly struck annular head on which the perforated disc is disposed and the disc with recesses in the sides thereof, thereby form ng extensions which engage the upper sides of the rib and the recesses form finger engaging members for partially rotating the disc until the projections are disposed beneath lugs carried by the body member. Also to provide a concaved perforated disc in the bottom of the body member and on which disc the corners of an angularly shaped piece of soap rests, thereby allowing passage of water beneath the lower edges of the soap.

A. further object is to detachabl connect the hinge leaf to the cover, W ereby upon damage to the body member, particularly when the cover is formed integral with a spigot a new body member can be laced on the device.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement .of parts .as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention ma be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the soap box.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the soap box.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 44 of Figure 2.

Figure 5is a side elevationof the soap box showing the same in open position.

Figure 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view through a ortion of the cover showing the same provi ed with a yieldablebushing for receiving a faucet and.

Referring to the drawing. the numeral 1 designates a conventional form of faucet, and 2 the cover of the soap. box formed integral therewith. Cover 2 is provided with an annular flange 3 which receives therein the upper end of the body 4 of the soap box. Detachably connected to the flange 3,

at one side thereof by means of bolts 5 is a hinge leaf 6, which hinge leaf is connected at 7 to the body 4 of the box. It will be noted that the hinging point 7 is below the horizontal center of the body 4 and forms means whereby when the body 4 is in open position, as shown in Figure 5, said body will incline downwardly and outwardly to a position where it will be out of the path of the water stream 8 discharged from the faucet 1, consequently will not interfere with the free flow of water. Disposed within the lower end of the chamber 9 of the body member 4 is a concaved perforated disc 10, through the perforations of which water passes after taking up soap from the cake of soap 11. By forming the perforated disc. 10 concaved as shown and using a square cake of soap 11, it will be seen that the corners of the cake of soap will engage the perforated disc 10 and water can pass under the straight side edges of the soap, therefore it will be seen that the water engages substantially the entire surface of the soap in its passage to the discharge opening 12. The bot-tom 13 of the body 4 tapers downwardly and inwardly, thereby forming a seat for the concaved perforated disc 10, and as the disc 10 is curved and the bottom 13 straight, it is obvious that water will pass through the perforations of the disc 10.

The upper end of the body 4 is provided with an inwardly extending annular bead 14, preferably struck inwardly, and on which head the upper perforated disc 15 rests. Disc 15 is provided with spaced recesses 16 in its sides and which recesses form finger receiving spaces whereby said disc may be partially rotated after the projections 17 thereof are placedon the annular bead 14. The partial rotating of the disc allows the extension 17 to be forced under the lugs 18 extending into the chamber 9 above the bead 14 and where they will be frictionally held, thereby preventing the disc 15 from dropping out of the chamber 9 when the body 4 is in open position, and at the same time holds the cake of soap.

Referring to Figure 6 wherein a modified form'of cover 2 is shown, said cover is provided with a yieldable bushing 19 which receivesthe discharge end 20 of a faucet and is particularly adapted for use where the soap box is sold as a separate unit. instead of a part of the faucet as shown in Figure 1. A spring catch 22 is preferably provided on the body 4 which catch cooperates with the cover 2 for detachably holding the device in closed position.

From the above it will be seen that a soap body is provided which is simple in construction, the parts reduced to a minimum and onled which may be cheaply manufactured and so A washer 23 is preferably interposed between the cover 2 and the upper end of the body 4 for forming a water tight connection. Although a square cake of soap 11 wardly extending bead carried by the. body member adjacent its upper end, spaced lugs carried by said body member and extending inwardly above the bead, a perforated disc having extensions, said extensions engaging the upper side of the bead and frictionally held beneath the lugs.

2. The combination with a soap box of the character described, of a bead disposed withw/Ling the upper end of the body, a perforated disc disposed on said bead, extensions carried by said disc and forming finger receiving recesses, said extensions engaging the upper side of the bead and lugs carried by the body member and overlying the upper sides of the extensions.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our 

